Thousands of rural schools nationwide are confronting a precarious financial future, as ongoing phenomena like declining student enrollment and staffing challenges converge with Trump administration policies that threaten funding and resources.
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The U.S. Senate is set to vote on its budget reconciliation legislation in the coming weeks, threatening to decrease Medicaid funding even more than the already alarming proposed cuts by the House-passed budget known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The budget cuts would result in millions of Americans losing their health care coverage and thousands of preventable deaths annually, according to a new analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Statement in Solidarity with District 65 and Antiracist Educators Everywhere
We, the undersigned educators, parents, students, organizations, and community members, affirm our unwavering solidarity with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and the Black Lives Matter at School movement in the face of a politically motivated investigation launched by the Trump administration’s Department of Education.
Tell Congress: Don’t Let Linda McMahon Slash Funding for Children and Veterans to Fund School Choice
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, handpicked by Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Department of Education, has just released the most brutal, calculated, and destructive education budget in the Department’s history.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was crafted to meet the needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and to support families and educators. Now that continuum is at risk.
From the National Head Start Association PLEASE – Tell Congress to Invest in Head Start! As Congress ramps up its…
“IPA USA, in commemoration of its 50th Anniversary and with the backing of 59 esteemed authors, is unveiling this White…
In 1973 The American Association for the Child’s Right to Play (IPA/USA) was formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the primary…
The bills signed by Governor Whitmer would impact teachers’ unions, pay in Michigan’s largest school district, and could help lure…
“Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Wednesday requiring public school districts in Illinois to establish full-day kindergarten by the 2027-28…